Cohen's team said the decision to discontinue the case was "a hard one". "But given the events that have unfolded, and the time, attention and resources needed to prosecute these matters, we have dismissed the matters, despite their merits".

The dossier claims that Cohen met with Russian operatives in Europe for a meeting to "clean up the mess" over disclosures of other Trump associates' reported ties to Russia. With those civil lawsuits ongoing in federal courts, it may also have been hard for Cohen to persuade a judge to postpone a suit that porn star Stormy Daniels filed against Trump over their alleged affair.

The decision takes place before the backdrop of a major report from McClatchy.

A recent report from McClatchy said that Robert Mueller, the special counsel investigating alleged Russian interference in the 2016 USA election, has found evidence that Cohen did travel to Prague.

BuzzFeed, however, declared victory in the dropped lawsuit.

The pit bull lawyer proved his bark is way worse than his bite when he abruptly dropped the suit even though he still claims the dossier is full of lies, Politico reported.

"If there's one thing Democrats and Republicans agree on today, it's that the dossier was an important part of the government's investigation into potential collusion between the Trump Campaign and Russian Federation", he continued. "We strongly believed that publishing the disputed document whose existence we and others were reporting was in the public interest".

Lawyers for President Trump's personal attorney seek to block prosecutors' access to his files; Laura Ingle reports from New York City.

Italian qualifier Andreas Seppi came from a set down to beat Guillermo Garcia-Lopez and progress to a tie with Nishikori. Zverev took control of the second set after Muller dropped his opening serve and then broke him again to clinch it.

On the center console, there are switches that control settings for the engine, steering, stability control, and the dual-clutch. With its introduction, the M2 Competition becomes the only M2, replacing the what we would now call the base model.

Indeed, the Amazon.com landing page for the tellies reveals a 4K Toshiba set with the very familiar Prime Video interface design. Best Buy ramped up its e-commerce site and coordination with its retail stores in response to the showrooming trend.

The radio mogul asked her to reveal the baby's sex, humorously hinting that he'd welcome another exclusivity. Star Claire Danes has confirmed the news in an interview with Howard Stern on his Sirius XM show.

After feasting on the power play in the first two games, the Blue Jackets failed to score on four tries with a man advantage. Then, the series will shift back to Washington for what could be a decisive game 5.

He is facing an offseason from basketball so he will have plenty of time to be by Khloe's side in OH as she nests with True . Her family is reportedly livid at the National Basketball Association player, and all of them is urging her to leave him.

It may be impossible to prevent Assad from resorting again to the barbarism that helped him and his father retain power in Syria. Top military officials were at the White House on Wednesday afternoon to discuss options for Syria, according to senior aides.

The automatic blog Jalopnik had first published Elon Musk's email on Tuesday and the authencity was confirmed by sources. Last week, the company built 2,250 Model 3s, he said, along with 2,000 Model S and Model X electric cars.

Mr Gandhi had made this remark to the United States envoy almost a year after LeT had carried out the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack. Responding to the accusation the Congress stated that none of their leaders has used this term and it doesn't exist.

I know from the first year to the second year I thought I learned quite a bit about protecting myself. He said: "You've gotta fight that". "It's human nature to want to be on that podium and be that guy".

Police detains dozens of opposition protesters in Armenia
The protests have been mostly peaceful, but brief clashes with police on April 16 left 46 people injured, including six policemen. The Police has since issued several statements, warning that it will detain all citizens who violate public order.

PUBG Will Soon Let Players Choose Their Map
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This is what happens during a chemical weapons inspection
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'Unusual demand' reason for cash crunch, says govt
Reminder of Demonetization days", Mamata Banerjee, the firebrand chief minister of eastern West Bengal state said on Twitter. However, the central bank stated that printing of currency notes has been ramped up in all the four note presses.

Ederson: First season at Man City has been nearly flawless
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Taxpayers get 1-day extension due to IRS glitch
Instead, he will reportedly file by October 15, which is the deadline set by the IRS for taxpayers who ask for extensions . IRS officials did not specify what went wrong, saying only that they would undertake a "hard reboot" of their systems.